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- pronunciation:
- rih
vok
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
revokes, revoking, revoked |
| definition: |
to withdraw, rescind, annul, or cancel.
After much protest, the law was revoked.If you have one more violation, your driver's license will be revoked.- synonyms:
- abrogate, annul, cancel, countermand, disclaim, invalidate, nullify, rescind, retract, void, withdraw
- antonyms:
- adopt, confirm, enact, establish, validate
- similar words:
- abolish, dismiss, lift, negate, overturn, quash, remit, repeal, repudiate, reverse, veto
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| related words: |
abjure, cancel, deny, invalidate, neutralize, nullify, overrule, recall, vitiate, withdraw |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
in card games, to fail to follow suit when it is possible and required to do so; renege.
- synonyms:
- renege, renounce
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
in card games, the act of revoking.
- synonyms:
- renounce
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